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vol xix.-no 20 ambler i'a june 27 19o1 si 25 a ykaii norristown letter jeekly review of recent happenings t\y old friend • i1 nefrtrimi i.pgmulurff i*niii a s.nil illk l(«-l>llke to mir fair itnt<---tll knrv for oltlcp i'urtv lines ton ti(flif strong i >»¦ it in i tor hiiiii iranni norriitown pa jons 34 ih01 we are sui generic in many respects eforrlbtown has anight burgesii a valiant knight one who occupies nls ofll nlarlv after the setting of the sun i'.v day liis presence is unofficial and not ill office this speaks well for the knight and norristown a sub-postofflct be established on i lekalb street count of jacoby street ibis makes tlie second in the own only sn they do not place ¦¦ suhfltitntes under ground we will watch over them with tender csire the only for is that the more these ollices are diffused the more the responsibility will be divided everything liail been working well enough before a comparison of views among a few of the most enlightened lawyers the othei day evinced the fact of i senti ment if perfect accord among them all that the present legislature has given us he worst and most annoying legislation heedless tioublesome and expensive to fiav no worse that they had ever known the prayer is for deliverance from any sin h an assembly again in pennsyl vania every me of us must study la\y again for this stuff will stand till re pealed or repudiated by the courts ac knowledgments bv . corporations by women ancient safeguards principles of eternal truth the great nuix in is of the law have all been changed and made for trivial purposes the old maxim old sis english law and as the right of trial by jury cujus est solutn ejusest usque ad coelum man owns his land to the centre of the earth and up to the sky — have been in the deep ocean of ignor ance buried only to be resurrected by the courts or by a more enlightened leg islature the solemnity of the acknow ledgments of a married woman had been the-bulwark of her domestic pro tection all barriers have been broken down the free-bnoters have jumped the dikes and leaped the fences dived un der rivers and delved beneath the ground have leaped into the air and soared where man has never dared be fore to do tlie bidding of the great di rector who held the members in the hollow of his hand and plays with them as the slight-of-hand actor plays with three balls to the delight of the boy p jioo bills for new laws — for this peaceful orderly quiet old pennsyl vania 1 these in addition to a law library full of acts of assembly now ah to govern one old state that had al ready laws enough to spare for all the civilized and barbarous bodies of hu man beingb in the vast regions over which the sun sends his diurnal rays heaven save us from this second de - ing tire than this pestilential mess or pottage he who has read the proceedings of the pandemonium that prevailed at the democratic county convention held in lehijjh county once a part of our con gressional flistrict saturday of last week certainly has found that when a strong democratic district could not en dorse the qjpurse of its senator stiles the eon of hon john d stiles who once represented these two counties in congress that there is a deep and sweeping thought abroad that a corrupt conspiracy exists which threatens every organization of our state every title to rig^ht of property every authority _ of office every institution of liberty which we have inherited from our fathers i read the newspapers from all parts of our country and from every point of the compass comes the cry shame shame on pennsylvania you have eclipsed the ignominy of tweed fol lowing the division of townships into classes two years ago comes of course more class legislation special legislation forbidden by tho constitution now the supervisors in first-class townships by a law just let loose upon us can en act lay out open or vacate roads ave nues and alleys in every township so that a citizen is not safe in his domain or demesne — he may waken upsoine morn ing to find some surveyor locating a road thiough his cornfield his orchard v or his lawn indeed we have to rush to the prothonotary's oflice early in the morning to examine the acts certified and sent on when signed to see whether or not we have still a prothonotary a recorder or c|erk of the quarter sessions the recorder ftiay find that lie has been removed an i a mayor appointed in his place the people elected a niayor of i'ittshuig the legislature abolished the office blotted out the name of mayor and appointed a recorder in his place the race for office now begins alla baugh of jreen lane leads for treasur er at present but if robsiter carries 1'ottstown for treasurer the program may be changed hauscr anil barret may lock horns in lower merion for sheriff and then coulaton comes in freed of all entanglements freed of souderton would stand a good chance but too much freed just now will not be palatable rhine russell freed is a good man but us tlie new law making him clerk of the orphans court in addition to his duties anil perquisites as register of wills robs major cooke of the fees as orphans court clerk the people will not be satisfied to pile up more offices for treed just now how ever our register is very popular i l halo jenkins having been se 1 by the county cominissioneis as their lawyer does not in any way affect his candidacy for oflice the oliice of attorney is not a popular office that is an office created o tilled by popular vote in former times the solicitor of tlie commissioners whs not a political office the lawyer whb selected as by any other clients without regard to poli tics and that attorney would nave been considered very forward and iru who would auk for the emiploy unity officer to i ii'l irri"a thin iiintr flip fad rii to selection of nn ad was unknown indeed in former days men sleeted to fflce selected ;| other business men l .¦ they wanted advice or wli'i'1 there vm '.< ofwvthoritv i ww attorney foi hired i.vmii many times white i prothnnotary although h dem ¦ - i'.myd a democrat at torney foi officers who were republic sn wm judge stlrrson i mention in e familiar matters became i tendency in the newspapers to consider the selection f a lawvi ublle matter snd r political affair entirely ; thin is ii matter in the gift r|f the party and not nndei the control of the nicer this is only the cottupi view or vulgbl notion of tne uneducated and iii bred the idea i si started to give . olitical effect to the chances of rival candidate as for instance a candi date foi state senator might say jenk ins has been provided for therefore i wani yoni srjppoti for the nomination foi senator but jenkins will be i landidate for that nomination bnt hiso for there m-e many bnt just now it will take a mighty big man to heat john a went fof re-election if lie runs iil'iiin his course has been so clear of offence and of evil he has been jo steadfast and path-keeping conservative and honest tnat he stands without impeachment the legislature passed another half a law when they made any load noise boisterous conduct and profane language in the cars a misdemeanor on the cars punishable by a fine of fl o.they should have said on anv railroad car pub lic coach or in any hotel or public place for profanity and blasphemy are too prevalent in many of the public houses where strangers ami travlers or visitors must congregate it seems im possible to beat it into the heads of the majority of the legislature to make a law universal such as thou shalt not steal they must always curtail its application to fl class and kill it with a proviso when the general assembly gets ready to and actually does adjourn the pre sident ought to order the day to be ob served as a legal holiday for thanksgiv ing and prayer that the craze has ended its career we trust forever much complaint is made of the man agement of the cars especially those run by electricity motor men and ondnctors seem to think that they own the car and that the car is made for their own comfort and convenience the conductor is frequently left be hind by the hasty movement of the ear the officers of most experience are the most obliging and polite and they are the safest to trust in towns like ours there is too much haste in starting a little patience and the prop er speed will be time and money paved in the long run the officers of the companies will have to be more exact ing as to a higher standard of care and attention on the part of their employ es the acquittal of richard f lop er last wednesday under the charge of the judge shows that he was not in it really but only as an inter-loper he couldn't help his name i |] lice a 8/q.w.in attract county on the parr of citimhsrvrriila delphla and other towns vistors call to inquire the value and location of farms for sale a gentleman from laurel del was here this week — 100 miles from philadelphia — and another from atlantic city our railroad connection with philadelphia and new york is the consideration small farms are especial ly sought after all we want is car connection with ambler and the beauti ful region in between now that we have traction transporation we wonder how we ever progressed survived or nourished without it it is the realiza tion of an elysian dream we walk to the track get into a ear as into a pew in church sit down and read our daily paper or our letters glance out at the beautiful landscape inhale the pure life giving air and are invigorated instead of being oppressed with travel we sail along over the beautiful hills down thiough the dells and around and a ion the winding valleys enchanted with scenery entertained with the sociabil ity of the passengers and renewed in vigor for the work of the coining day that man who is not happier for such opportunities at prices suited to the size of the pooi man's purse and ac commodations equal to the richest man's estate and taste does not know a blessing when he sees it and wonj*juarrel with st peteriover the pavements of the new jerusalem let him sail on the deep sea ami jump overboard montgomery eountv is not for him only men and women of sense and children of hope and promise appreciate these great blessings now vouchsafed to ur by na ture and the electric care old friend new solicitor cliogeu the county commissioners at their ses sion wednesday afternoon elected j }'. hale jenkins esq solicitor of the board to succeed judge william f solly mr solly was recently appointed judge of the new orphans court and he resigned the solloitorship in addition to mr jenkins there were three other candi dates for the appointment attorneys (!. lleniy stinson j a btrassburger and u w zimmerman at the meeting the commissioners al so made tinal settlement for two bridges recently built in tho eountv ; namely the bridge in upper salford township lames 1 comfy contractor and the plank road bridge schwcnksville her man ricbe contractor three tuu mr kiederick dodge has left yoik stock farm and has gone to new york fiee mail delivery starts julv 1 the handsome drive through juinby farms is greatly enjoyed by all who ujw this thoroughfare and there are many all the way from thu farm buildings to three tuns closely ciopped and nicely kept lawns border the roadway and be yond extends the sloping lawn 01 mi atkinson studed here and there with nd shrubbery mr j ii ringe has been some repairs to his driveway strawberry culture cultivation of the fruit as attained alv;ut ambler tii hm n in the i,irm i,r hotrari ii ntltffli santncl ncalomm ami ttnm ml albert athlllfon — afowptl hdywrnh ii rrl win roilori 111 l'lillailnl|ilil>i the pennsylvania strawberries are jim how at their height and there will be hundred if crated nnd thousands of boxes shipped from ambler dnrlng the next in riava to he philadelphia mar kets and realized will prove conclusively that the culture of this favorite berrv liamott important ad junct to the farm a representative if the gazette early daring the present week made n tour of the patch joseph haywood samuel mcalonan vlberl and james atkinson and robert ii otllin and has survived the effects of the heralded strawberry rash and is willing to tell what lie sa'w the highest heny culture and the beat results in this section are attained ii the farm of joseph haywoo.l in the north corner f the borough of ambler he does not cultivate tin number of acres which arc devoted u tlie plants hi othei farms but the care and atten tion during cultivation and the results in luscious fruit far exceed the efforts ther growers we have heard of lie has ovei an acre of plants which is maintained practically free of weeds kaeh plant is placed by hand and the work of manv handfl and much time is joseph haywood successful grower of lurge strawberries required in the berry culture as attained on this palce the season has not been bq favorable a orm ml j n tamaer years tie j.!.iijwvjwir!'pwllflrtn the tops and leaves m'.fticient to shield the scorching sun and to allow the green berry to reach full growth before ripen ing consequently the berries have been blistered by the sun's rays but many of the promising ones have been shielded from the arm by rhubarb maple and other leaves he has many varieties in his patch such as glen marv gaudy willinm belt nick ohmer llun ilaywood seedling gam ble etc two years ago tie had four berries which weighed 1 ounces which tilled an ordinary quart box so com pletely that the box was turned over without spilling them out the largest that year weighed just four ounces a quarter of a pound this year he had eight berries to till a box and which weighed 19 ounces he had a few boxes on display at the fruit and hower show at horticultural hall philadelphia last week and came off with the tirst prize and also received special mention mr 8 wilson fisher of ambler took iecond prize mr ilaywood has al ready planted oat his new bed and will retain nmny of the old plants the berries from the vines that are sent to market are sold in ierinantown where better prices are secured than from ambler customers samuel mcalonan has three acres de voted to the cultivation of the frmt.and has already set out 15 xx plants for next year which with the old beds to be retained will be about three and one-half acres devoted to the culture his first choice as a market berry is the gandy which is late coming in at the close of the new jersey season and raising strong healthy plants it bears a tine berry for shipment which re tains color and size with handling and lias a strong bur the strength of the jilant keeps the berry off the ground and the rank growth of leaves allows it to attain its full development before ripening however many of his plants did not put forth the tops and in some patches the vines did not seem to grow at all this is especially true with his brandywine he has the nick ohmer tennessee and gandy for next season together with his old beds he started picking on june 10 and the gandys are expected to yield a lot of money this week in one patch which last year yielded 4000 quarts will fall this season to about 500 he hauls his berries to market selling to sickler 109 dock street philadelphia getting them in veiy early in the morning ah a whole his plants are first class confiid eiing the year and will bring good financial raiulti last year mr mcalonan picked tl's crates of i'2 boxes each from his plants 100 of which came from a t>ed of wil liam ivlts of one-tifth of an acre the year before he had 4k7 crates or 15,884 quarts albert atkinson has about an acre of plants this year he counts the clyde sample and iundy ins best berries out of ioo different varieties in new england he selected the sample as the best for the past several yearn he has grown many buulilvh of clyde and ouly i from nr row f 120 in one day and mother he started " pick me i i it ij hi enrton ii thfi morning and end to mar kfi luring the evening he thinks thai was too much rain this year dnr " blossoming season which pfe pnlleiiizing nv the lees in ad dition to this the warcftf of f:mn help e demands of his nsparagni and truck prevented giving the berrie try attention in the spring noney maker mr atkinson pre ip hpprrnsns to the rtrawberry in f the rtisl this you he . nt nnd snipped about 8000 bushes of awparapu whlfll bold lit frnlll is to l'l1 cents lie feri zed with nitrate of soda and tank age the former contains a large qnan f ammonia and appears to be tl ry best fertilizer for quick re it '¦ ta i per ton and he used abonl 50 1 1 ntf worth to a row tho d i flhwenee win i<e.i and where not is very per ceptible in fact mi atkins hi say it just flhniit doubled his yield next i".u just before blossoming time as an i iperiment be intends using it on hit trawberry plants james atkinson had planted out a tract of land last spring which during this spring remained very wet and the yiel f the plant was greatly interfer ed with on this account he has the war . id tennessee civile and brandy win of the large patches that of robert ii jillin is the cleanest of weeds and will yield the best financial return his plan for the poor season are wonder ful they are strong and healthy and do not seem to be so cut by the rust as the ther patches visited in several places the beds are washed by the heavy rains and elsewhere the gvub has he n working but the plants are a most beautiful sight then the yield it will exceed that of last season and mr gj 111 in is satisfied with the product of his plants in an old bed of gandy which has been in bearing three years the yield will he enormous raising up the rank foliage tho writer paw the rich fruit waiting to be plucked one coul.l have tilled two boxes without moving a foot the pickers wore bringing in boxes by the armloads and mr gillin was sampling and arranging crate after crate and regretting the scar city of pickers his new beds are just as fine it would have troubled anyone to have found a score of weeds in the whole three acres there will be close to 200 crates or 6400 quarts picked from these plants dining this week lansriale the 14th annual commencement of the high school took place on friday evening music hall was filled with a large audience the class motto was all virtue lies in individual action but there was only one member of the class tliis was chester roy ilalda mai prof o s kriebel of penns burg seminary made the address a choir of lit girls did the singing at the conclusion four members of the high school performed a scene from hamlet in which miss helen place acted the ghost and harry kuiuse was hamlet e i a fair nrnspect that he trol lev i'i ne from hoviestown tn lansdale will be built it^»ill be done by the same company that will build from new hope to doylestown the last named portion however will be built first heinly's restaurant on susquehanna street has changed hands the new proprietor in william long late of chalfont lie belongs to a family which formerly lived in the east corner of warrington bucks county 1 h hoult has started the fourth house begun in lansdale this season it is opposite the station the borough ordinance granting trol ley privileges to the xornstown company on susquehanna street has been publish ed in trie local papers rev l k jackson a former rector f lansdnle episcopal church has re vived a call to a church in ualtimore and whither he removed this week if the weather is favorable a monster excursion will pass through lansdale next saturday bound for chalfont park it will carry 15 philadelphia sunday schools representing several denomina tions the ball game on saturday was with the ferret club of philadelphia the la nsriale athletes were the winners by i score of 14 to 4 kin barm hum or j lowlier welsh the two-story and attic barn on the farm of john lowber welsh near the bethlehem pike and about a half mile above chebtnut hill in springfield township was entirely destroyed by fire thursday at noon the origin is sup posed to have been spontaneous com bus ion in the hay loft where there were stored five tons of straw and eight tons of hay on account of the high wind blowing parks-about some of which alighted in and set lire to a tower house and the lodge house of james fell a bucket bri gade was organized which did effective service in preventing the spread of tho flames kdward lowber welsh son of j lowber welsh arrived at the scene of the fire soon afterward and estimated the loss at about m)0 totally covered by insurance a illusion school hoard ablngton school board organized by the election of dr s.ci liodshall presi dent j beans qoentner secretary and michael k lachot treasurer the other members of tho board are kdwi n ilallowttll william stephen and dr a n liaggs the salary of the supervis ory principal was raised to kx a year by a vote of 4 to -. qoentner and hal lowell voting against the additional ex pense nearly 50 application were fil ed to ill the few vacancies among the teacher mr davis the popular and gentlemanly teacher at ablngton cor mi was unfortunately short on the bal lot for re-election miss slckel of hiiraham miss wood of mojsland miss stewart of upper dublin miss ileger of north wales and miss house of iwyntdd were the new teachers elect ed the other old teacher who applied elected — ilutboru spirit burgess considers ammer borough council accepts llfjhtins proposition llic mimitgolnriy • mnlv l.iijlitiiiif c in | i,,,v contracts i ' omwii streel ltghtu or rtltlillk'c siil)lillll<-il to mil i'.iiruikm jris t foiiikr mitfir solicitor at an adjourned meeting of amblei borough council held thursday evening ill bid of the montgomery coun ty lighting oompany an orj nnizat ion to be formed and to purchase light from the jenkintown light company wasac lepteri by the council and the otdinance was passed granting them the franchise which togetliei with the contract v in the hands of kurgesn rex for liiwil action he will consider the proposition and probably his action will not be known before tho next rep ulai meeting of council president kramer called the meeting at 8.15 and all the mem bars were pres ent a letter wns read from hon william k solly resigning from the office of solicitor of the borough bo cause of his apoointment to the orphans court bench m motion the letter was tiled resignation accepted and the clerk was ordered to notify judge solly and to request a bill of his services to date mr davis nominated and mr rose sec onded joseph t foulke esq of ambler for the vacancy and he was unanimously elected and the usual ie taining fee of 25 ordered drawn to his account the proposals for the borough lighting were then opened the welsbach sired ighting company of america bid 50 lamps of 60-candlepowar each burning till 2 a m three-year contract 29 live years $.". burning -- nights per month three years j7 live yearb,|28i pennsylvania globe gas light company 50 lights 20 candlepower burning every night till 2 a m three year ontract 21 ; five yeajsv 120 burning every night all night rfcree years 2 five years 21 burning 22 nights per month till 2 a m three years 19 live years 18 montgomery county lighting company five-year contract 100 28-candlepower lights burning every and all night for fco per year witli the borough hall and fire house lights free and reserving the top cross jrm of every pole for tlie use of the borough lire an:l police service and maintaining such the line to be in operation within three months after the acceptance of the contract and the passage of the franchise and its sign ing bv the burgess on the meter sys tem the bid was six cents per kilowat hour as against the bid of s cents by the ambler electric light company made at a previous meeting during a recess of 30 minutes the bids were considered and on reconven ing the proposition of the montgomery county lighting company ' r 100 lights of 25-candwiowe.r at 5l'c p year xvu posed contract and a bond clause of 250(1 inserted on the final vote mr hose requested the aye and nay vote because lie wished to be put on record as object ing to a contract which delays lighting the streets three months he considered it an imposition on the people of the town to compel them to remain in dark ness for that much longer period messrs craft and rose voted nay and messrs davis acuff knight and kramer voted aye the ordinance ranting them a franchise over the streets was then considered and the or diannce passed mr eose voting no and mr craft not voting the ordinance and contract were at once signed by president kramer and submitted to the burgess the next morn ing glenside and around wtmfpt»r of intrrr.f o vim m»t m f:miiki here - vrlgmmr action — mm tmflm trip oaulplllg mr rdwln tyson bn hii property on ml hum i avenue offered for ii ill mr ueotije n whittakei ipenl sun day with his parent at cedarvllle v mr oeorjre shermerhornefof trenton mplates building himself a resi lience on ulennide highland this son the philadelphia a heading railway company lias a gang of men al work on ;. four-foot drain from mckinli v a e to the railroad vi i si kdythfl 8 hanten contemplates entertaining a select number of fri it in r home on willow grove avenue this thursday evening miss lillian < :. wilson spent last week at her home on lisinnie avenue she will leave thin week for a sojourn with friends nl bancroft bank wil mington deli the union news company has elect ed a newsstand on the platform south of he station a full line of pap periodicals and catchy novelties such as this i>any alone can display will be put on sale the enterprise is ex pected to succeed fhe postofflce has been moved from hi station to the kohlei block the centre store the many advantages and accommodations residents of qlenslde have had since mr s ( '. stoul hi ien proprietor of the postofflce during which time it has been situated in the railway station will disappear now the office which has heretofore been ipen all night and on sundays will be open to the public on week days only from 7 a in to 7.:>0 p m messrs llanev white & company nive made their first move in the estab ishment of a permanent industry hero y the erection of a shelter for an ex ensive belgian hare hatchery this lastime is a favorite one of mr white's he has brought it down to a profitable ndustry where money can lie made on an extensive scale his shelter at glen tide will be most . elaborate when in nil running order he expects to havo ully l!00 hares in his possession the ushers and brotherhood met in the diamond last saturday and pet led in a fair game of baseball the rela ive strength of either in this favorite oastime the ushers won the scon be ng 13 to 8 the game was strong and well played and was highly appreciated jy the crowd of sightseeis rev mr iensemer of the methodist church act ed as umpire his decisions were fair ind unbiased nnd gave universal satis action potts the brotherhood pitch r did not materialize as the wonder he was advertised his competitors were not sufficiently alive to ii i b impor tance to fully respect his curves they tatted him unmercifully over the held and won out henderson the ushers itcher proved more effective he kept the hits well scattered the result of he contest while demoralizing to the r herhood has revived jjioai interest to jrs»n!znrr.i.-!***!tfr i ill meet apitii u the hrter m n of jin 4 willow grove willinm qoentner of willow grove recently left with about 20 of his col lege chums members of the graduating class of tho university of pennsylvania for a little rest they went by steamer lown the delaware bay and encamped below dover they will have about 10 days outing before they separate norman rush nearly lost three fingers by getting them caught in a jointer in lii.s father's wagon works it was at first thought necessary to amputate one tin ker but the jewish hospital doctors have succeeded ill saving them intact william cubberly and family have moved into their new house on the doylestown pike uiai mary williamson a native of kentucky and a pupil of leschitizky made her american debut with walter damro8ch'a orchestra last tuesday night music must have charms for the birds as half a dozen sparrows are building nests under the music pavilion ieorge hount has graduated in a course of book keeping at union college and has a good position with a detec tive agency at south penn square philadelphia among those who heard the concert on wednesday evening was mayor ash bridge of philadelphia s m houpt has repaired his porch and whitewashed his buildings and fences samuel mcnetee's house near rubl cam station was raised on wednesday a lather unusal sight was the appear of a supposed ghost on the davisville road on wednesday afternoon it was said to be a woman dressed in inai clothing with a white doth over her head children coming from school were frightened at the s.ijjht miss annie llount daughter of mr and mrs samuel iloupt was married to albaims heath son of abrain heath on wednesday at the home of thi bride's parents neai here btaymonc winder and geoige houpt w«ti uhherm supervisor bready has bean placing crushed stone on the dftvlbville road near bdoigan's icehouse and on tin edge hill road through krazier's woods a large electric sign has baan place on top of the southbound railroad st i tion killed at gleuside death came to ella cannally friday morning in a violent form walking along the reading tracks a flying ex press overtook her just south of glen side station she was on her wav to beechwood inn jenkintown where she was employed in the laundry she had just left her home in edge hill miss cannally was bridesmaid at her brother david's marriage on wednes day night she herself was to wear white and orange blossoms in august becoming the bride of john mitchell a baker agnes jackson stopped for ella at i o'clock both worked at beech wood inn and were in the habit of walking the two miles to jenkintown along the railway at glenside miss jackson entered a grocery store mi the crossing corner to make a purchase and ella continued slowly down the i rack rushing behind came the buffalo express due at glenmdo at li.,'10 but six ninutes behind time and with full peed up swinging around the curve ibove the station the engineer saw ha brown-clad figure ahead he blew lis whistle there was time to warn ut no time to stop a 50-mile-an-hour ix press but the girl either didn't hear ¦ i sas slow to realize her peril a local rain had just slipped by on the north jound track and may have bewildered ier she did step aside but too late the high cylinder had struck her and he lifeless body was picked up 80 feef arther mi lying across the adjoining rack the dead girl worked at the vindsor hotel during tho winter here she met mitchell the baker to vhoni she was to be married the un.-ial was held monday morning i m.uii ii , m..-..i i'.wrrlii'v the ninth annual commencement ex ireisea of the plymouth high school rare held in plymouth park hall on saturday evening the graduates were idltg bessie m kranicb miss sallle es julp and jacob kranieh prof f ii green of weal chester ii'h an interesting address and ('. ii lewis one of the directors of the town ship deplored the reduction of teach ers salaries mr lewis thought that o secure good teachers they would have to be well paid for their servii the llullioro trolley work on the hatboro extension of the doylestown and willow drove trol ley goes on steadily a gang of tall have been all the week grading the 00 foot street across the hates farm and this work is nearly completed con tractor wftlmsley has been hauling the rails ties and other material to points along tho line a bom iqoo feet of 60 pound t nils have been received foi use across tlie fields the i nine-inch gitdei rails foi ate on york street are auo on the ground the t rails velgfa 600 pound|m0b the girder rails we '•(> ii i ' & weigh m pounds each

vol xix.-no 20 ambler i'a june 27 19o1 si 25 a ykaii norristown letter jeekly review of recent happenings t\y old friend • i1 nefrtrimi i.pgmulurff i*niii a s.nil illk l(«-l>llke to mir fair itnt»¦ it in i tor hiiiii iranni norriitown pa jons 34 ih01 we are sui generic in many respects eforrlbtown has anight burgesii a valiant knight one who occupies nls ofll nlarlv after the setting of the sun i'.v day liis presence is unofficial and not ill office this speaks well for the knight and norristown a sub-postofflct be established on i lekalb street count of jacoby street ibis makes tlie second in the own only sn they do not place ¦¦ suhfltitntes under ground we will watch over them with tender csire the only for is that the more these ollices are diffused the more the responsibility will be divided everything liail been working well enough before a comparison of views among a few of the most enlightened lawyers the othei day evinced the fact of i senti ment if perfect accord among them all that the present legislature has given us he worst and most annoying legislation heedless tioublesome and expensive to fiav no worse that they had ever known the prayer is for deliverance from any sin h an assembly again in pennsyl vania every me of us must study la\y again for this stuff will stand till re pealed or repudiated by the courts ac knowledgments bv . corporations by women ancient safeguards principles of eternal truth the great nuix in is of the law have all been changed and made for trivial purposes the old maxim old sis english law and as the right of trial by jury cujus est solutn ejusest usque ad coelum man owns his land to the centre of the earth and up to the sky — have been in the deep ocean of ignor ance buried only to be resurrected by the courts or by a more enlightened leg islature the solemnity of the acknow ledgments of a married woman had been the-bulwark of her domestic pro tection all barriers have been broken down the free-bnoters have jumped the dikes and leaped the fences dived un der rivers and delved beneath the ground have leaped into the air and soared where man has never dared be fore to do tlie bidding of the great di rector who held the members in the hollow of his hand and plays with them as the slight-of-hand actor plays with three balls to the delight of the boy p jioo bills for new laws — for this peaceful orderly quiet old pennsyl vania 1 these in addition to a law library full of acts of assembly now ah to govern one old state that had al ready laws enough to spare for all the civilized and barbarous bodies of hu man beingb in the vast regions over which the sun sends his diurnal rays heaven save us from this second de - ing tire than this pestilential mess or pottage he who has read the proceedings of the pandemonium that prevailed at the democratic county convention held in lehijjh county once a part of our con gressional flistrict saturday of last week certainly has found that when a strong democratic district could not en dorse the qjpurse of its senator stiles the eon of hon john d stiles who once represented these two counties in congress that there is a deep and sweeping thought abroad that a corrupt conspiracy exists which threatens every organization of our state every title to rig^ht of property every authority _ of office every institution of liberty which we have inherited from our fathers i read the newspapers from all parts of our country and from every point of the compass comes the cry shame shame on pennsylvania you have eclipsed the ignominy of tweed fol lowing the division of townships into classes two years ago comes of course more class legislation special legislation forbidden by tho constitution now the supervisors in first-class townships by a law just let loose upon us can en act lay out open or vacate roads ave nues and alleys in every township so that a citizen is not safe in his domain or demesne — he may waken upsoine morn ing to find some surveyor locating a road thiough his cornfield his orchard v or his lawn indeed we have to rush to the prothonotary's oflice early in the morning to examine the acts certified and sent on when signed to see whether or not we have still a prothonotary a recorder or c|erk of the quarter sessions the recorder ftiay find that lie has been removed an i a mayor appointed in his place the people elected a niayor of i'ittshuig the legislature abolished the office blotted out the name of mayor and appointed a recorder in his place the race for office now begins alla baugh of jreen lane leads for treasur er at present but if robsiter carries 1'ottstown for treasurer the program may be changed hauscr anil barret may lock horns in lower merion for sheriff and then coulaton comes in freed of all entanglements freed of souderton would stand a good chance but too much freed just now will not be palatable rhine russell freed is a good man but us tlie new law making him clerk of the orphans court in addition to his duties anil perquisites as register of wills robs major cooke of the fees as orphans court clerk the people will not be satisfied to pile up more offices for treed just now how ever our register is very popular i l halo jenkins having been se 1 by the county cominissioneis as their lawyer does not in any way affect his candidacy for oflice the oliice of attorney is not a popular office that is an office created o tilled by popular vote in former times the solicitor of tlie commissioners whs not a political office the lawyer whb selected as by any other clients without regard to poli tics and that attorney would nave been considered very forward and iru who would auk for the emiploy unity officer to i ii'l irri"a thin iiintr flip fad rii to selection of nn ad was unknown indeed in former days men sleeted to fflce selected ;| other business men l .¦ they wanted advice or wli'i'1 there vm '.< ofwvthoritv i ww attorney foi hired i.vmii many times white i prothnnotary although h dem ¦ - i'.myd a democrat at torney foi officers who were republic sn wm judge stlrrson i mention in e familiar matters became i tendency in the newspapers to consider the selection f a lawvi ublle matter snd r political affair entirely ; thin is ii matter in the gift r|f the party and not nndei the control of the nicer this is only the cottupi view or vulgbl notion of tne uneducated and iii bred the idea i si started to give . olitical effect to the chances of rival candidate as for instance a candi date foi state senator might say jenk ins has been provided for therefore i wani yoni srjppoti for the nomination foi senator but jenkins will be i landidate for that nomination bnt hiso for there m-e many bnt just now it will take a mighty big man to heat john a went fof re-election if lie runs iil'iiin his course has been so clear of offence and of evil he has been jo steadfast and path-keeping conservative and honest tnat he stands without impeachment the legislature passed another half a law when they made any load noise boisterous conduct and profane language in the cars a misdemeanor on the cars punishable by a fine of fl o.they should have said on anv railroad car pub lic coach or in any hotel or public place for profanity and blasphemy are too prevalent in many of the public houses where strangers ami travlers or visitors must congregate it seems im possible to beat it into the heads of the majority of the legislature to make a law universal such as thou shalt not steal they must always curtail its application to fl class and kill it with a proviso when the general assembly gets ready to and actually does adjourn the pre sident ought to order the day to be ob served as a legal holiday for thanksgiv ing and prayer that the craze has ended its career we trust forever much complaint is made of the man agement of the cars especially those run by electricity motor men and ondnctors seem to think that they own the car and that the car is made for their own comfort and convenience the conductor is frequently left be hind by the hasty movement of the ear the officers of most experience are the most obliging and polite and they are the safest to trust in towns like ours there is too much haste in starting a little patience and the prop er speed will be time and money paved in the long run the officers of the companies will have to be more exact ing as to a higher standard of care and attention on the part of their employ es the acquittal of richard f lop er last wednesday under the charge of the judge shows that he was not in it really but only as an inter-loper he couldn't help his name i |] lice a 8/q.w.in attract county on the parr of citimhsrvrriila delphla and other towns vistors call to inquire the value and location of farms for sale a gentleman from laurel del was here this week — 100 miles from philadelphia — and another from atlantic city our railroad connection with philadelphia and new york is the consideration small farms are especial ly sought after all we want is car connection with ambler and the beauti ful region in between now that we have traction transporation we wonder how we ever progressed survived or nourished without it it is the realiza tion of an elysian dream we walk to the track get into a ear as into a pew in church sit down and read our daily paper or our letters glance out at the beautiful landscape inhale the pure life giving air and are invigorated instead of being oppressed with travel we sail along over the beautiful hills down thiough the dells and around and a ion the winding valleys enchanted with scenery entertained with the sociabil ity of the passengers and renewed in vigor for the work of the coining day that man who is not happier for such opportunities at prices suited to the size of the pooi man's purse and ac commodations equal to the richest man's estate and taste does not know a blessing when he sees it and wonj*juarrel with st peteriover the pavements of the new jerusalem let him sail on the deep sea ami jump overboard montgomery eountv is not for him only men and women of sense and children of hope and promise appreciate these great blessings now vouchsafed to ur by na ture and the electric care old friend new solicitor cliogeu the county commissioners at their ses sion wednesday afternoon elected j }'. hale jenkins esq solicitor of the board to succeed judge william f solly mr solly was recently appointed judge of the new orphans court and he resigned the solloitorship in addition to mr jenkins there were three other candi dates for the appointment attorneys (!. lleniy stinson j a btrassburger and u w zimmerman at the meeting the commissioners al so made tinal settlement for two bridges recently built in tho eountv ; namely the bridge in upper salford township lames 1 comfy contractor and the plank road bridge schwcnksville her man ricbe contractor three tuu mr kiederick dodge has left yoik stock farm and has gone to new york fiee mail delivery starts julv 1 the handsome drive through juinby farms is greatly enjoyed by all who ujw this thoroughfare and there are many all the way from thu farm buildings to three tuns closely ciopped and nicely kept lawns border the roadway and be yond extends the sloping lawn 01 mi atkinson studed here and there with nd shrubbery mr j ii ringe has been some repairs to his driveway strawberry culture cultivation of the fruit as attained alv;ut ambler tii hm n in the i,irm i,r hotrari ii ntltffli santncl ncalomm ami ttnm ml albert athlllfon — afowptl hdywrnh ii rrl win roilori 111 l'lillailnl|ilil>i the pennsylvania strawberries are jim how at their height and there will be hundred if crated nnd thousands of boxes shipped from ambler dnrlng the next in riava to he philadelphia mar kets and realized will prove conclusively that the culture of this favorite berrv liamott important ad junct to the farm a representative if the gazette early daring the present week made n tour of the patch joseph haywood samuel mcalonan vlberl and james atkinson and robert ii otllin and has survived the effects of the heralded strawberry rash and is willing to tell what lie sa'w the highest heny culture and the beat results in this section are attained ii the farm of joseph haywoo.l in the north corner f the borough of ambler he does not cultivate tin number of acres which arc devoted u tlie plants hi othei farms but the care and atten tion during cultivation and the results in luscious fruit far exceed the efforts ther growers we have heard of lie has ovei an acre of plants which is maintained practically free of weeds kaeh plant is placed by hand and the work of manv handfl and much time is joseph haywood successful grower of lurge strawberries required in the berry culture as attained on this palce the season has not been bq favorable a orm ml j n tamaer years tie j.!.iijwvjwir!'pwllflrtn the tops and leaves m'.fticient to shield the scorching sun and to allow the green berry to reach full growth before ripen ing consequently the berries have been blistered by the sun's rays but many of the promising ones have been shielded from the arm by rhubarb maple and other leaves he has many varieties in his patch such as glen marv gaudy willinm belt nick ohmer llun ilaywood seedling gam ble etc two years ago tie had four berries which weighed 1 ounces which tilled an ordinary quart box so com pletely that the box was turned over without spilling them out the largest that year weighed just four ounces a quarter of a pound this year he had eight berries to till a box and which weighed 19 ounces he had a few boxes on display at the fruit and hower show at horticultural hall philadelphia last week and came off with the tirst prize and also received special mention mr 8 wilson fisher of ambler took iecond prize mr ilaywood has al ready planted oat his new bed and will retain nmny of the old plants the berries from the vines that are sent to market are sold in ierinantown where better prices are secured than from ambler customers samuel mcalonan has three acres de voted to the cultivation of the frmt.and has already set out 15 xx plants for next year which with the old beds to be retained will be about three and one-half acres devoted to the culture his first choice as a market berry is the gandy which is late coming in at the close of the new jersey season and raising strong healthy plants it bears a tine berry for shipment which re tains color and size with handling and lias a strong bur the strength of the jilant keeps the berry off the ground and the rank growth of leaves allows it to attain its full development before ripening however many of his plants did not put forth the tops and in some patches the vines did not seem to grow at all this is especially true with his brandywine he has the nick ohmer tennessee and gandy for next season together with his old beds he started picking on june 10 and the gandys are expected to yield a lot of money this week in one patch which last year yielded 4000 quarts will fall this season to about 500 he hauls his berries to market selling to sickler 109 dock street philadelphia getting them in veiy early in the morning ah a whole his plants are first class confiid eiing the year and will bring good financial raiulti last year mr mcalonan picked tl's crates of i'2 boxes each from his plants 100 of which came from a t>ed of wil liam ivlts of one-tifth of an acre the year before he had 4k7 crates or 15,884 quarts albert atkinson has about an acre of plants this year he counts the clyde sample and iundy ins best berries out of ioo different varieties in new england he selected the sample as the best for the past several yearn he has grown many buulilvh of clyde and ouly i from nr row f 120 in one day and mother he started " pick me i i it ij hi enrton ii thfi morning and end to mar kfi luring the evening he thinks thai was too much rain this year dnr " blossoming season which pfe pnlleiiizing nv the lees in ad dition to this the warcftf of f:mn help e demands of his nsparagni and truck prevented giving the berrie try attention in the spring noney maker mr atkinson pre ip hpprrnsns to the rtrawberry in f the rtisl this you he . nt nnd snipped about 8000 bushes of awparapu whlfll bold lit frnlll is to l'l1 cents lie feri zed with nitrate of soda and tank age the former contains a large qnan f ammonia and appears to be tl ry best fertilizer for quick re it '¦ ta i per ton and he used abonl 50 1 1 ntf worth to a row tho d i flhwenee win iany alone can display will be put on sale the enterprise is ex pected to succeed fhe postofflce has been moved from hi station to the kohlei block the centre store the many advantages and accommodations residents of qlenslde have had since mr s ( '. stoul hi ien proprietor of the postofflce during which time it has been situated in the railway station will disappear now the office which has heretofore been ipen all night and on sundays will be open to the public on week days only from 7 a in to 7.:>0 p m messrs llanev white & company nive made their first move in the estab ishment of a permanent industry hero y the erection of a shelter for an ex ensive belgian hare hatchery this lastime is a favorite one of mr white's he has brought it down to a profitable ndustry where money can lie made on an extensive scale his shelter at glen tide will be most . elaborate when in nil running order he expects to havo ully l!00 hares in his possession the ushers and brotherhood met in the diamond last saturday and pet led in a fair game of baseball the rela ive strength of either in this favorite oastime the ushers won the scon be ng 13 to 8 the game was strong and well played and was highly appreciated jy the crowd of sightseeis rev mr iensemer of the methodist church act ed as umpire his decisions were fair ind unbiased nnd gave universal satis action potts the brotherhood pitch r did not materialize as the wonder he was advertised his competitors were not sufficiently alive to ii i b impor tance to fully respect his curves they tatted him unmercifully over the held and won out henderson the ushers itcher proved more effective he kept the hits well scattered the result of he contest while demoralizing to the r herhood has revived jjioai interest to jrs»n!znrr.i.-!***!tfr i ill meet apitii u the hrter m n of jin 4 willow grove willinm qoentner of willow grove recently left with about 20 of his col lege chums members of the graduating class of tho university of pennsylvania for a little rest they went by steamer lown the delaware bay and encamped below dover they will have about 10 days outing before they separate norman rush nearly lost three fingers by getting them caught in a jointer in lii.s father's wagon works it was at first thought necessary to amputate one tin ker but the jewish hospital doctors have succeeded ill saving them intact william cubberly and family have moved into their new house on the doylestown pike uiai mary williamson a native of kentucky and a pupil of leschitizky made her american debut with walter damro8ch'a orchestra last tuesday night music must have charms for the birds as half a dozen sparrows are building nests under the music pavilion ieorge hount has graduated in a course of book keeping at union college and has a good position with a detec tive agency at south penn square philadelphia among those who heard the concert on wednesday evening was mayor ash bridge of philadelphia s m houpt has repaired his porch and whitewashed his buildings and fences samuel mcnetee's house near rubl cam station was raised on wednesday a lather unusal sight was the appear of a supposed ghost on the davisville road on wednesday afternoon it was said to be a woman dressed in inai clothing with a white doth over her head children coming from school were frightened at the s.ijjht miss annie llount daughter of mr and mrs samuel iloupt was married to albaims heath son of abrain heath on wednesday at the home of thi bride's parents neai here btaymonc winder and geoige houpt w«ti uhherm supervisor bready has bean placing crushed stone on the dftvlbville road near bdoigan's icehouse and on tin edge hill road through krazier's woods a large electric sign has baan place on top of the southbound railroad st i tion killed at gleuside death came to ella cannally friday morning in a violent form walking along the reading tracks a flying ex press overtook her just south of glen side station she was on her wav to beechwood inn jenkintown where she was employed in the laundry she had just left her home in edge hill miss cannally was bridesmaid at her brother david's marriage on wednes day night she herself was to wear white and orange blossoms in august becoming the bride of john mitchell a baker agnes jackson stopped for ella at i o'clock both worked at beech wood inn and were in the habit of walking the two miles to jenkintown along the railway at glenside miss jackson entered a grocery store mi the crossing corner to make a purchase and ella continued slowly down the i rack rushing behind came the buffalo express due at glenmdo at li.,'10 but six ninutes behind time and with full peed up swinging around the curve ibove the station the engineer saw ha brown-clad figure ahead he blew lis whistle there was time to warn ut no time to stop a 50-mile-an-hour ix press but the girl either didn't hear ¦ i sas slow to realize her peril a local rain had just slipped by on the north jound track and may have bewildered ier she did step aside but too late the high cylinder had struck her and he lifeless body was picked up 80 feef arther mi lying across the adjoining rack the dead girl worked at the vindsor hotel during tho winter here she met mitchell the baker to vhoni she was to be married the un.-ial was held monday morning i m.uii ii , m..-..i i'.wrrlii'v the ninth annual commencement ex ireisea of the plymouth high school rare held in plymouth park hall on saturday evening the graduates were idltg bessie m kranicb miss sallle es julp and jacob kranieh prof f ii green of weal chester ii'h an interesting address and ('. ii lewis one of the directors of the town ship deplored the reduction of teach ers salaries mr lewis thought that o secure good teachers they would have to be well paid for their servii the llullioro trolley work on the hatboro extension of the doylestown and willow drove trol ley goes on steadily a gang of tall have been all the week grading the 00 foot street across the hates farm and this work is nearly completed con tractor wftlmsley has been hauling the rails ties and other material to points along tho line a bom iqoo feet of 60 pound t nils have been received foi use across tlie fields the i nine-inch gitdei rails foi ate on york street are auo on the ground the t rails velgfa 600 pound|m0b the girder rails we '•(> ii i ' & weigh m pounds each